Suddenly, I could clearly envision the last scene of the movie version of the novel. Zorba, alone on the beach; dressed in pants and a shirt with sleeves rolled up, moving across the sand -- full of emotion, life - what the Greeks call kefi.
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Zorba’s Beach In Greece
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